Twisted and flattened wire box-fastening



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C. P. HUNT.

TWISTED AND PLATTENED WIR BOX FASTE'NING. No. 352,246. y Patented Nov. 9,1886.A

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l ing the fastening-strap to the box UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. HUNT, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

TWISTED AND FLATTENED Wl-RE BOX-v-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentA No. 352,246, dated Novembere, 1886.

Application ii-led April 1,2, 1886. Serial No. 198,553. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES F. HUNT, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and lState of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Twisted-fire Box-Fastening Straps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specication, in explaining its nature.

The object of the invention is to provide a twisted-wire box-fastening strap having holes "placed closely together` to provide holes always' conveniently arranged for the reception of the fastening-nails. It is very essential that box-fastening straps of this character should have a great many more holes than are actually necessary for use, in order that as many as may be necessary for use in receiving the nails employed in secur-` Inay be in proper position for use; and I have ascertained that it is possible to provide a twisted-wire box-fastening strap having a provision of this character and to obtain such provision inl a cheap and economical way. The method that I employ is to take the strands of wire, twist the same, and then roll or atten the twisted wires to open them and form a hole between each twist.

Referring tothe drawings, Figure l' is a plan viewof two strands ofwire twisted. Fig. 2is a section on the line x x of Fig. l, Fig. `3 isa section on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is'a view in plan of a section of the strap. Fig. 5 isa section upon the line x x of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section upon the line y y of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 illustrates in section aportion of a box, the strap, and a fastening-nail. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a box to further illustratethe use of my invention, showing a strap at one end thereof.

In practicing my invention I take, ably, two strands of wire, size,and twist them to the preferot a', of the requisite desired extent, and

after they have been thus twisted I submit themlto the action of a rolling-machine or other device, whereby the twisted wire is fastened laterally and opened, so that nail-receiv 'wires could not be rolled to vand flattened strands of wire,

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ing holes a? are formed between the two strands, and of course as these holes are so closely placed to each otherin the strap the holes must always be located where needed for the rcception of thenails used in securing the fastening strap to a box. Y

In the drawings I represent in Fig. l a plan of the strap before it is iiattened, and in Fig. 4 a` plan `view after is has been attened.

The extent to which the wire is twisted depends somewhat uponV the size of the wire, its quality, and also the purpose for which it is to be used and the size ofthe holes which it is desired to obtain. 0f course tightly-twisted produce openings between them for the reception of the., fastening-nails. Ordinary iron wire twisted to a medium degree would upon rolling show a small but suflicientopening for conical-pointed wire nails, the kind now ordinarily used in the manufacture of boxes, which answer suinciently well for use in connection with nails of this character. of course when rolled show larger holes than that which is less loosely twisted; but I con- Sider that my invention embraces a wire fastening-strap, however it may be twisted, whenever by rolling said twisted wire openings for the reception of points of the fastening-nails shall be provided. It will be seen, also, that by submitting the twisted wire to the action of suitable rolls, which flatten the twist in rolling, a better form is provided the strap than if it were simply twisted, so that not only does the rolling 0f the twisted wire produce the openings or spaces for the reception of the points of the fastening-nails, but it also forms the Wire loosely twisted will twisted wire into the best shape for a boX-fastening.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A box-fastening strap consisting of twisted substantially as described.

Witnesses:

CnAs.' H. BURLEIGH, WM.' B. HAEDING. 

